Derrick has been Managing Director of Global Blue UK & Ireland since 2018. He has been heavily involved in the battle to save tax-free shopping since the government announced its intention to abolish it on 11th September.
Speaker Events
WEBINAR 20: An Update on the Tax Free Shopping Situation
26th Nov 2020
HMT announced in September this year that the VAT RES (tax-free shopping) scheme will end on 31 December, as the UK exits the European Union. In this session our panelists give their analysis of the impacts to UK business and Chancellor’s response so far to calls from the retail, hospitality, airline and manufacturing sectors to overturn this decision.
